Rafael Pinilla-Redondo (Rafa) @rafomics.bsky.social Asst. Prof. at Copenhagen University. Excited about phages, plasmids, and bacterial immunity!👨🔬🔬 https://pinillaredondolab.com/
Sarah K Walsh @sarahkwalsh.bsky.social Post Doctoral Research Associate with Ed Hutchinson at the MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research currently investigating biosafe methods to study H5N1 (she/her)
Medical Research Foundation @medresfdn.bsky.social We support vital research in underfunded areas, giving hope to people with overlooked health conditions.
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Rob Boyd @robboyd.bsky.social NERC Independent Research Fellow at the University of Exeter. Visiting Scientist at UK CEH. Associate Editor for Methods in Ecology and Evolution. Into biodiversity monitoring, sampling theory, missing data theory, and causal inference
Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social Professor, ecology, FU Berlin, own views, book author
Global change, soil, fungi, environment, microplastic, biodiversity 🧪
https://www.youtube.com/@mrillig
https://www.youtube.com/@lifeinthesoil
rilliglab.org
https://matthiasrillig.substack.com
Liam Langley @liamlangley1.bsky.social Seabird Ecologist interested in movement, foraging ecology, navigation and anthropogenic impacts. Based in Cornwall, UK. Spend an unreasonable amount of time sat on a cliff waiting for birds to fly past. He/Him.
Antonia Sagona @antoniasagona.bsky.social Reader (Associate Professor) in School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, UK.
Interested in bacteriophages and phage therapy.
Bacteriophage Lab of Institut Pasteur @phagepasteur.bsky.social Our team is studying bacteriophages that are viruses infecting bacteria. Since 2006, Laurent Debarbieux has reignited a research lab about phage therapy following the pionnering work of Félix d'Herelle started in early 20th century.- A apreston243.bsky.social @apreston243.bsky.social Editor in Chief of Microbiology, the flagship journal of the Microbiology Society
UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social Official feed of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) providing regular news updates on the work of the organisation.
Ben Temperton @btemperton.bsky.social Associate Professor of Microbiology at the University of Exeter. Proudly Canadian.
Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social Green Party member of the UK House of Lords. Party leader 2012-2016.
There are enough resources on this planet to look after people and nature, if we share fairly.
Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party, both at PO Box 78066, London SE16
@penrynmicrobiology.bsky.social @penrynmicrobiology.bsky.social
Rachel O’Brien @zoology-rach.bsky.social 25 🐍 University of Exeter MSci Zoology Graduate 🦕 Currently working as a senior research technician 🥬 she/her 🦦
The Broken Binding @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social UK-based Independent Bookstore specialising in Science Fiction 🛸 and Fantasy ⚔️
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PhageExe @phagexe.bsky.social Promoting the University of Exeter's world leading research in translational phage biology
Neil Gow @neil-gow.bsky.social Medical mycologist, science, nature and the great outdoors. Fine malts and hill lochs. Editor of: The Cell Surface, and sectional editor of Molecular Microbiology.
Trends in Microbiology @cp-trendsmicrobiol.bsky.social Posts by Shankar Iyer, editor of Trends in Microbiology.
Uli Klümper @ulikluemper.bsky.social Microbial Ecologist @ TU Dresden
Focusing on Evolution, Ecology and Environmental dimensions of AMR & plasmids
Formerly @ DTU & UoExeter
He/him
Guill McIvor @guillmcivor.bsky.social Post-doctoral researcher at the University of Vienna, studying extractive foraging, and long-time member of the Cornish Jackdaw Project. I like to investigate how animals adapt to living alongside people (and generally just why they do what they do).
Dr George RA Hancock 🦋🦎 @grahancock.bsky.social Postdoc zoologist interested in how ecology shapes form and function in particular colouration. Creator of the CamoEvo toolbox and professional nerd.
Ghancockzoology@gmail.com
Nick Royle @royleresearch.bsky.social Associate Professor in Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology at The University of Exeter (Cornwall). Research on parental care, social evolution, life-histories, and broader ecology & conservation. Mostly involving beetles (burying, dung & ground varieties)
Francis Corvin @franciscorvin.bsky.social Purdue Student in Soil Microbiology, Phage researcher, Honors College #phagesky
Currently a very confused forage morphology student #botany
https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4132-6781
Jean Vila @jccvila.bsky.social Microbial evolutionary biologist at Stanford for most of the time. Radically queer leftie for the rest. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈 They/Them
Belgian Society for Viruses of Microbes @bsvom.bsky.social
Pauline Scanlan @paulinedscanlan.bsky.social School of Microbiology and APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork 🇮🇪
Microbial Ecology | Microbial Evolution | Gut Microbiome
alex jaffe @alexjaf.bsky.social marine microbial ecology + wastewater | stanford postdoc | he/him/his
Detmer Sipkema @detmersipkema.bsky.social marine microbiologist @Wageningen University, evolution of symbiosis, sponges! aquaculture, marine natural products
Professor at the Laboratory of Microbiology
Find me in Wageningen, Groningen or below sea level
https://microbialifeaquatic.wordpress.com/
Tobias Engl @tcsengl.bsky.social Evolutionary biology, chemical ecology, symbiosis, 🐞🐝🦠🏳️🌈
@MPI_CE
Alessia Del Panta @adelpanta.bsky.social PhD student in Microbial Ecology
University of Lausanne
with Sara Mitri and Simon van Vliet
Interactions <--> Spatial structure
Simulations & Experiments
Brian Ferguson @viropractor.bsky.social Professor of viral immunity at Cambridge Uni, Dept of Pathology. Mainly poxviruses and innate immunity. www.fergusonlab.path.cam.ac.uk
Curt Lively @clively.bsky.social Evolutionary Ecologist, Indiana University
Megan Wallace @meganawallace.bsky.social Postdoc in the Longdon lab at the University of Exeter. Working on insect virus ecology and evolution in complex communities 🦠 Slowly recovering from long Covid
Ramsey Lab @jrrmicrolab.bsky.social #phage research lab @ Texas A&M Biology, affiliate of @phagetechnology.bsky.social | account managed by @jrrmicro.bsky.social & lab members ramseylab.vercel.app
Dr Will Leo Hawkes @willleohawkes.bsky.social 🪰🐝Doctor of Insect Migration🦋🐞
🏴 Cofiwch y pethau bach
Conservation assistant at Buglife
⛰️Most content up a mountain
Stu Bearhop @stubearhop.bsky.social Academic at the University of Exeter. Animal ecologist 📊
Researching: animal migration 🦅, foraging behaviour🦆
Will likely post about: research🔬, teaching🎓, wildlife🦋, birds🐦⬛, ornithology 🪶, landscapes🏔️, coast🏝️, kayaking🚣, cycling🚲
Cornish Jackdaw Project @cornishjackdaws.bsky.social Research team led by Alex Thornton at the University of Exeter's Centre for Ecology and Conservation, studying cognition in wild jackdaws and other creatures.
wildcognitionresearch.com
University of Exeter News @uniofexeternews.bsky.social All of the latest news from @uniofexeter.bsky.social - updated by the Press Office. Reposts aren't necessarily endorsements
Dan Sankey - collective ecology @collectiveecology.bsky.social Collective behaviour and behavioual ecology. Or, simply put, collective ecology. PS. I love maths. Check out my YouTube videos where I break down my theoretical papers. https://www.youtube.com/@danielsankey126
Dr Sarah Nelms @sarahenelms.bsky.social Lecturer in Marine Vertebrate Ecology and Conservation
@UniofExeter #ExeterMarine investigating #plastic pollution in the #marine environment. She/her
University of Exeter's Environment and Sustainability Institute @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social Our Environment and Sustainability Institute is a dynamic incubator dedicated to restoring the environment and placing people at the heart of nature. #ExeterESI
www.exeter.ac.uk/research/institutes/esi/
Alberto Torcello-Requena @sechyss.bsky.social Postdoctoral research associate at the University of Exeter. I'm interested in what drives evolution in bacteria. Cornwall, UK.
Neeltje Boogert @neeltjeboogert.bsky.social Associate Professor in Animal Behaviour at Exeter's Penryn Campus. Studying avian social behaviour, cognition, disease spread and human-wildlife conflict. Love trail running, rock climbing, kayaking. Terrible at (kite-)surfing and expert worrier.
Andy Young @andyyoung.bsky.social Evolutionary Biologist - Social Evolution & Ageing (animalsocieties.org)
Study sparrow-weavers, badgers & microbes @ #ExeterCEC in Cornwall UK
Director MSc Evolutionary & Behavioural Ecology #ExeterGSES
Rock climber, sea kayaker, father of twins
Xav Harrison @xavh.bsky.social Molecular Ecologist at the University of Exeter. Interested in Wildlife microbiomes, disease, and statistics.
xavharrison.github.io
Dave Hodgson @davehodgson.bsky.social Professor of Ecology, proud Head of Department, husband (one), father (two), walker of dog, amateur musician, football coach. Herding cats and studying demography, life history, human-wildlife interactions, statistics, conservation, epidemiology and snails- E Hosken Lab Cornwall @evol-lab-ex.bsky.social evolutionary ecology, behaviour, genetics
Dr Luis Huckstadt @luishuckstadt.bsky.social Senior Lecturer, @exetercec.bsky.social. Ecophysiology of marine top predators (🦭, 🐋, 🐧). Pinnipedologist. He/Him #immigrantscientist #PinnipedFacts 🇨🇱➡️ 🇬🇧 https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/ecodap/
Hall Lab @halllab.bsky.social Prof Lindsay Hall’s research group at University of Birmingham & Quadram Institute. Early life microbiota (we love Bifidobacterium!), and influence of diet, host and pathogens.
Sourav Das (PhD Microbiology ongoing) @souravamr.bsky.social Microbiology, AMR, Bacteriophage, Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus, Antibiotics, Molecular Biology, Protein expression and purification, Protein docking and Pyocins.
David Demory @d2mory.bsky.social Quantitative microbial ecology and evolution, oceanography, microbes and their viruses. Researcher @cnrs.bsky.social and @OOBanyuls.
J. Chris Pires @jchrispires.bsky.social Professor passionate about student success & team science #firstgen #Brassica enthusiast walking Dogs of the Plant World
#Agriculture #Food #HigherEd #EduSky #Agsky #SciComm & more
#Soil #Crop #Science ; opinions mine
Jean-Paul Pirnay @jeanpaulpirnay.bsky.social Queen Astrid military hospital #phage / #phagetherapy / human cell and tissue #transplantation / my opinions are, of course, my own
Nathan Brown @nmb1.bsky.social Microbiologist working on phages and the skin microbiome
The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy @bsacandjac.bsky.social ‘At the forefront of the global fight against antimicrobial resistance'
Brendan Godley @brendangodley.bsky.social Conservation Scientist, U of Exeter, Cornwall (UK). Biodiversity, ecology & conservation (research, practice & education). Esp. marine realm- sea turtles, fisheries, and ocean plastic. Academic Lead at @exetermarine.bsky.social & @exetergses.bsky.social
Kerrin Steensen @kerrinsteensen.bsky.social PhD student, DoME/CeMess at the University of Vienna
Interested in prophages of marine bacteria
Emine Selçuk, PhD. @eminemselcuk.bsky.social Postdoc Bacteriophage Researcher |Microbiologist 🦠🧫🌻
#Atatürk
Christian Kirk @christiankirk.bsky.social Doctoral Researcher studying flagellated gut bacteria!
Working with my wonderful supervisors @jmarsh.bsky.social and @microbiome.bsky.social
Working at @maxplanckcampus.bsky.social: Tüebingen, Germany
Pathogenic Mechanisms Research Group @molecularpathogen.bsky.social Pathogenic Mechanisms Research Group - University of Galway.
PI: Dr Aoife Boyd. Host-microbe interactions: pathogenic Vibrio bacteria. Marine aquaculture. Natural antimicrobial molecules. Microbes & venomous animals.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4631-9792
Martina Dal Bello @martinadalbello.bsky.social Microbial community ecologist 🦠 - Microbiomes, biodiversity, environmental change - Assistant Professor Yale EEB & MSI - 🇮🇹 -> 🇺🇸 - she/her
https://www.dalbellolab.com/
Matthew Silk @mattjsilk.bsky.social Research Fellow in the Institute of Ecology and Evolution at University of Edinburgh. Social networks, behaviour, disease, demography and some wildlife photos.
Mirko Pegoraro PhD @3volution.bsky.social Lecturer in Epigenetics at LJMU. Focused on understanding Evolution at multiple levels. I am interested in Genetics, Epigenetics and Molecular Biology. 🐝🪰🦟🐜🦠🧬🌈he/him
Web: https://shorturl.at/WF8o3
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EEL-2026
Jeffrey K. Cornuault @prophagesrule.bsky.social Research scientist @ INRAE, studying prophages in the human gut microbiota
Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social The microbial world in, on and around us • Health, disease, infection, hygiene, antibiotics, vaccines • Education, engagement, pop-up shops, escape rooms • Games, stories, info, activities, fun • English, Cymraeg, Gàidhlig, Gaeilge
www.superbugs.online
Duerkop Lab @duerkoplab.bsky.social Phages and other mobile genetic elements of bacteria | Microbiome and pathobionts | Associate Professor CU-Anschutz | https://www.duerkoplab.org/
Daniel Read @danread.bsky.social Molecular Ecologist researching freshwater microbiology, AMR, eDNA and biodiversity. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH).
Will Gaze @willhgaze.bsky.social Microbiologist, AMR, environmental scientist, communicating science to people who make things happen- A @andrewmatthews.bsky.social @andrewmatthews.bsky.social
Clara Torres-Barceló @clara-inrae.bsky.social Researching the diversity and interaction of phages with plant pathogenic bacteria 🌱🔬 | INRAE | PHIM | Montpellier, France. 🇵🇸
Jasmine TC @jasminetc2000.bsky.social SWBio PhD Student co-supervised by Prof Tiffany Taylor @ University of Bath and Prof Edze Westra @ University of Exeter. Investigating bacterial defence system regulation and synergistic interactions. Exeter MSci Conservation and Biology graduate.
GW4 BioMed MRC DTP @gw4biomeddtp.bsky.social The GW4 BioMed MRC DTP brings together the Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter to develop the next generation of biomedical researchers. Applications open: https://gw4biomed.ac.uk
Rama Bhatia @drramabht.bsky.social Postdoctoral Research Fellow with @bucknerlab.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social | Enthusiastic about microbial evolution & AMR | Crochet lover 🧶| She\Her| 🇮🇳🇬🇧
https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/multidefence/
https://priaan.etsy.com
Primrose Boynton @pjboynton.bsky.social Environmental yeast ecology and evolution! I love model and non-model organisms, and single-celled and filamentous fungi alike. I love R! Associate Professor at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and senior editor of Yeast, but my posts are my own. she/her
Rubén González @rubengonzalez.bsky.social Viral Infections and Virus Evolution.
A happy postdoctoral researcher at @salehlabparis.bsky.social, Institut Pasteur (Paris, France).
https://gonzalezrvirus.com
Zamin Iqbal @zaminiqbal.bsky.social Professor of Algorithmic and Microbial Genomics at the University of Bath (UK). Pangenomes, drug resistance (esp TB), data structures for DNA search, plasmid evolution, global microbial surveillance. Open Data, reproducibility. https://zam-iqbal-lab.org/
Emma Derrick @emderrick.bsky.social PhD candidate in the Shapiro lab at McGill studying the evolution of aquatic microbial communities
Lukas VF Novak @animalculum.bsky.social Postdoc in evolution of microbes. I study protists losing mitochondria, algae stealing plastids, and bacteria living on nothing but sulfur. IUEM, Plouzané, BZH, FR. https://lukasnovak.eu/ https://scholar.social/@animalculum he/him
Daria Van Tyne @dariavantyne.bsky.social Microbiology, evolution, and bacteriophages. University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
Simona Huwiler @simonahuwiler.bsky.social Microbiologist, Predatory Bacteria & Novel Antibiotics. Research Group Leader at University of Bern. ERC Starting Grant Assistant Professor.
Evolutionary Studies at Vanderbilt @evolutionvu.bsky.social Building a world-class center for evolution in the heart of Tennessee. Wish us luck. Opinions belong to Andy and not VU.
Leighton Payne @leightonpayne.bsky.social Postdoctoral researcher // Section of Microbiology, University of Copenhagen // Anti-MGE systems 🦠⚔️
leightonpayne.com
Lukas Schwyter @schluk.bsky.social SNF BRIDGE Fellow
PostDoc Kümmerli Lab @University of Zurich
Co-Founder Versarys Bioscience (www.versarys.ch)
Jessica Sacher @jessicasacher.bsky.social phage therapy scientist at Stanford, building community at Phage Directory, writing about adventures from the lab to the clinic -> https://jess.bio
Richard Everitt @bayesianstats.bsky.social Posts about Bayesian statistics, Monte Carlo, etc from a Reader and Deputy Head of Department (T&L) at Warwick Statistics. Personal account. https://richardgeveritt.github.io/
Sarit Avrani @saritavrani.bsky.social Cyanophage and other phages, evolution and ecology, really excited of new genomes, University of Haifa, Israel. https://www.avranilab.haifa.ac.il/
Duncan Ng @duncan-ng.bsky.social Bioinformatician (he/him) 👨🏽💻 @ Wellcome Sanger Institute 🇬🇧
PhD on nasal microbiome 👃🏼 @ KU & SSI 🇩🇰
Study S. aureus carriage in nasal microbiome 🦠 | Microbial ecology & genomics 📊🧬
Enjoys 🏃🏽♂️📸🐕
https://linktr.ee/duncan_ng
David Bikard @dbikard.bsky.social Bacterial Immunity and Synthetic Biology enthusiast. Head of Lab at Institut Pasteur. Co-Founder of Eligo Bioscience.
Luke Hillary @lukehillary.bsky.social Genomics & qPCR surveillance of soils, sludge & sewage 🏞️💩😷 | RNA viruses, AMR genes & mobile elements in environmental microbiomes | Research Fellow @bangor.ac.uk | Building the evidence base for wastewater-informed public health in Wales 🏴
Vivek Mutalik @vivekmutalik.bsky.social Dad, Teacher, Artist, Gardener and Scientist.
Change is the only permanent thing in the world. This moment will pass. It has to.
Ps.
All I post is my personal opinion
Sandra Wienhold @midna002.bsky.social Veterinarian, Scientist, Phage enthusiast
Filza Masood @filza-masood.bsky.social RA in Respiratory Immunology 🫁
MSc Microbial Evolution & Ecology 🦠
BA (Hons) Microbiology 🧫
Trinity College Dublin
Currently looking for PhD roles (2026 start)
Pia Sen @pia-sen.bsky.social PhD student at GW: microbial ecology of phages and phage defense in Antarctic deserts, volcanoes, and hot springs 🧫🌋
🎓UT Austin 2020
Joshua Huffines @joshuahuffines.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellow in Microbiology | Gray Lab at UAB | Neglected Spicy Molecules and Polymicrobial Interactions | Bacterial Physiology | Husband of a PhD | Father of two future PhDs | Views are my own
Sara Marti @saramarti2.bsky.social Group leader at IDIBELL, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, working on Haemophilus spp and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
#Microbiology #microbiome #biofilm #ATBs #COPD
Ricardo León-Sampedro @rleonsampedro.bsky.social | Microbial ecology & evolution
| Plasmids, genetic invasion, and antimicrobial resistance
| IPLA-CSIC
| RicardoLeonSampedro.com
Ombeline Rossier @ombelinerossier.bsky.social Microbiologist fascinated by host-microbe interactions. T5 phage aficionado. Bacteriophage hunter. Associate Professor at Paris-Saclay University
Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell @i2bcparissaclay.bsky.social
Carli Roush @phagephan.bsky.social Ph.D. candidate at Georgia Tech studying bacteriophages, among other larger things
B.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale
she/her
Archana Anand @archanand.bsky.social Global Change Microbiology; Phage-host interactions; Nature based solutions; Assistant Professor @SFSU, Former Postdoc @columbia @stanford MSc PhD from @HKUniversity BEng @NUSingapore @Natgeo explorer
Lab: theanandlab.com
Project: phagepathways.com
Michelle Hulin @michhulin.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ Michigan State University. Bacterial plant pathogen genomics and evolution 🧬🌱. Loves running, travel and my rescue greyhound 🐶 She/her